Outdoor communicators are a funny lot... And these days, the lot's quite big, given the prolific nature of blogs and digital media. Through this group on the new TU website, we hope to offer outdoor writers, photographers, broadcasters and bloggers a platform from which to share their work (and have it promoted through TU and its social channels), compare notes, discuss best practices and generally engage in a community that is truly unique. If you communicate about the outdoors--particularly about trout and salmon--in any fashion, we welcome you to become part of this unique community.

By Corinne Doctor
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Being part of the seventh generation in my family to call Colorado home, I sometimes take the outdoor playground that this great state provides for granted. People move here to take part in all that our state has to offer, a huge... [ READ MORE... ]

By Chris Wood
When it comes to the recovery of imperiled salmon and steelhead, Idaho leads the way.
The Idaho Statesman was the first daily newspaper to call for the removal of the four lower Snake River dams in 1997. The late Governor, Cecil Andrus was one of the most articulate voices for... [ READ MORE... ]

By Tara Granke
Trout Unlimited is ready to shatter stereotypes and break boundaries. In early September, TU’s Headwaters Youth Program partnered with the Girl Scouts of Western Washington to hold the first-ever Train-the-Trainer for an outdoor STEM education experience designed for middle-school... [ READ MORE... ]

It was the movie that brought thousands of new people to fly fishing. Director Robert Redford's interpretation of Norman Maclean's classic novella about family and fly fishing was an overwhelming success when it came out in the fall of 1992. Set in Missoula, Mont., in the 1920s it brought the... [ READ MORE... ]

Maybe you’re already planning to attend the Trout Unlimited Annual Meeting in Roanoke, Va., next week. You should be – it’s going to be great. Maybe you’re planning to arrive a little early and do some fishing. Good idea! While you’re there, you must – repeat, MUST – visit Mossy Creek Fly Fishing... [ READ MORE... ]

By Randy Scholfield
My Dad is slowing down. He is 85, and fighting Parkinson’s, so he has every right to slow down. That doesn’t make it any easier to see him struggle.
He needs help buttoning his shirt now and has problems walking.
I was back in Kansas recently and he wanted to go fishing—he... [ READ MORE... ]

By Kirk Deeter
There is nothing more rewarding in the fishing world than teaching a young person some basics and watching that pilot light catch. I’ll trade a blanket callibaetis hatch and hundreds of popping fish heads for one pond-eat of a grasshopper fly cast by a little partner with a Snoopy... [ READ MORE... ]

By Brett Prettyman
MILLCREEK CANYON — The moment of truth.
It comes with the first spoonful of a new chili recipe delivered at a family hunting camp.
The first cast to slurping trout on the hand built rod on your favorite water.
Waiting to see if the patched hole in the waders is stream worthy.... [ READ MORE... ]

TU's VP for Western Conservation, Rob Masonis, and other signers of the new Central Valley Salmon Habitat Partnership flank California Secretary for Natural Resources John Laird at the signing ceremony on August 29, 2017.
By Sam Davidson
During the hottest and driest time of year here in... [ READ MORE... ]